Gabby Day 2

Hello Everyone,

Gabby is just about to be two whole days old this morning. OMG, do we need to be taking her to the DMV yet or what? We had a busy day in the hospital with her. She got to meet the pediatrician and we were told she is doing perfect. It was a little harder to feed yesterday as she was sleepy. We still were able to get her fed every three hours.

Gabby had some blood drawn yesterday from her heel for normal baby tests. We also signed her up for a diabetes study. In which they use blood that is already drawn to check if she may have diabetes later in life. When we registered I listed that I was Catholic. So naturally a priest stopped by yesterday and asked me which parish we attended. I replied, The Buckhead Christian Church since I didn't even know the name of a Catholic Church here. Despite my ignorance he did bless Gabby and me. How special.

By last night she looked a little yellow. So the nurse checked her out and said she has Jaundice intermediate which is the normal level for her to have. The nursery nurse told us that last night Gabby was weighing in at 5lbs 7 ounces. So she was down at little over 7 ounces. The pediatrician told us as long as she doesn't loose more then ten percent of her weight she is okay. If she looses more then we will talk about supplementing.

We put a "just born" onsie on her last night since the hospital issued shirt was swallowing her. She has the longest fingernails but they don't want us to cut them or file them just yet. So we are trying to keep them covered but she like her cousin, Shannon, likes those hands out and by her face. Uncle John and Aunt Moe sent not only Gabby but my mom, Jason and I our Christmas stockings. With lots of great stuff from Gabby's grandpa Winckler. Really neat stuff for her to have. Thanks for being so thoughtful John and Moe.

Gabby had some visitors yesterday. Pat Battey came in again. He works here at the hospital and came to see Jason and I before Gabby was born then was able to come back to meet her after she was born. Stopped in yesterday morning to check on us and to inform us that he and his wife Cindy would be bringing us pizza later last night. Which we would never turn down. Abby Irby came to visit around noon and just couldn't get over how small Gabby was. Karen came over to introduce Gabby to her boyfriend, Mason who was two week old already. They both were sound asleep so not to much interaction just yet. Slow but steady, no touching just googly eyes at one another! Angela stopped by and got to change Gabby's second poopy diaper. As if she doesn't have any diapers to be changing at home. Elizabeth and Sara stopped by and got to hold the sleeping beauty. Last night Cindy and Pat did bring us some pizza and it was so good. Sonia stopped by after her shift to bond with Gabby. It's too bad she is not loved already.

After feeding Gabby at nine we put her in the nursery and had them bring her to the room when it was time to feed. This worked so good for us all as we finally slept. Well, in two hour increments at least but a good solid sleep. I tried to roll Gabby back to the nursery last night but can tell it is too much for me to do with pushing and having had surgery. I am staying on top of taking my meds every four hours! Gabby fed well all night but would also enjoy just laying across me after she was done feeding. It was such amazing bonding time.

She gets her picture taken today. Jason keeps saying he had to sign her first permission slip for her yearbook photo. Too cute. I was told by the nurse this morning to start walking in the hallways and to be out of bed at least every two hours and no pushing of Gabby's little crib. The nursery is right across the hall but still to much work for me right now. We just met with Dr. Roe who is a pediatrician in our practice. He told me that Gabby does have the low to intermediate jaundice still but nothing to worry about. He also said that her hips felt a little clicky today. He said due to her being breech the worry about her hips dislocating or having developmental issues. So they keep an eye on it and if they continue to feel/sound clicky then we will visit an occupational therapist once she is out of the hospital.

That is all for now. I have included some new pictures of our new start. Hope everyone is great.
All our love,

Julie, Jason, Gabby and Grandma Ann